Tenessee Woman Bites Policeman in Attempt to Give HIV

A woman in Memphis, Tennessee, was arrested after trying to escape from custody by biting one of the officers to expose him to her HIV infection, reports say.

Memphis police charged 38-year-old Dayton Smith with a series of offenses after she resisted arrest during a drug bust. The HIV-infected woman reportedly tried to bite an officer on the arm during a scuffle.

The woman is now being held for aggravated assault, resisting arrest, drug possession, and the “criminal exposure” of officers to HIV.

Police report that Smith was pulled over for having expired tags. They subsequently found she was driving on a suspended license and had no insurance. After a search of the car they also found marijuana and crack cocaine.

After she was placed in the squad car officers say she banged on the car window insisting she had to use the bathroom. Once officers took her out of the car she broke away and attempted to escape. It was then that she bit an officer as they tried to re-capture her.